If you don't want to work with plarn but you do want to make a red, white and blue placemat, then try this cotton crochet pattern from Jessie At Home. This is an easy crochet pattern in that it's worked in single crochet stitches only, but you'll have to do some increasing and decreasing since this crochet pattern is made on the diagonal.

Placemats like these would make a fabulous addition to your outdoor picnic table, especially when celebrating holidays like Memorial Day and the 4th of July. They are made with plarn, an interesting material to upcycle for use in crocheting placemats. This free pattern also comes with instructions for complementary plarn coasters.

Note that it's not recommended to use these placemats for hot dishes, but they're ideal when serving sandwiches, salad, pickles, or other similar picnic fares. Best of all, plarn is easy to make (for free) using readily available materials. And of course, you could opt to use different plastic bag colors to make similar crochet placemats without the red, white, and blue theme.

This is another super simple crochet placemat pattern that a beginner could easily enjoy making. It uses single crochet stitches and three different colors to create stripes, so it offers great practice in changing colors and weaving in ends.

Here is an easy, basic crochet placemat that anyone could crochet. Even a beginner would have no trouble making this simple design. All that you need to know how to do is half double crochet in rows, adding a simple single crochet border to polish it off.

However, if you are more knowledgable about crochet and want to add a fancy border, this placemat comes with instructions to add a two-round edging consisting of hdc v-stitches and wide puff stitches.

Get the visual instructions here to whip up this rainbow wall hanging, will instantly fancy up a blanket wall. Each rainbow color ends up into a fringe after making a perfect arch. This is the whole beauty of this rainbow wall hanging. Crochet chunky yarn weight for this project.

Rock the kids' bedroom with this cute yarn wall hanging feature a lovely white bear. The perfect fall wall decor to whip up with your beginner skills. Crochet entire hanging on a rustic wooden stick. The creative twist is to add the stuffed ears, nose, button eyes, and pink cheeks.

Along with adding amazing decorative details to a wall, chevron wall hanging will have significant health benefits too. Looking at this yarn wall hanging will instantly make you calm down. Crochet yarn in white and beige or in dark grey for this classic wall hanging. End it up with the fringed bottom.

Use your hook smartly to bring rainbows to your home. Crochet this rainbow wall hanging added up with the floral and rainy cloud hangings. Crochet the rainbow yarn weights to whip up this hanging and separately crochet the cloud, rain droplet, and others.

Bring lots of visual details to a particular home interior along with a cozy touch of elegance by crocheting this Tapestry of Feather’s crochet wall hanging. Grab a 14″ wood dowel with 1/4″ diameter and start crocheting this hanging on it using desired yarn colors. Use a 5mm hook for this pattern.

Bring the necessary winter warmth on your interior wall with this yarn wall hanging. You need a piece of driftwood and some leftover yarn weights to stitch this wall hanging, a beginner crochet pattern. Experiment with desired yarn colors. Must come with a fringed bottom.

A simple but cool crochet wall hanging will make a sweet sound too due to hanging golden bells. Crochet the cotton thread while working in rounds to whip up this gorgeous wall decor. You can decorate it more with any other accents rather than the golden bells.